Hot Watch List: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) has said it won’t improve its $16.9 billion offer for Alstom, but the US conglomerate could offer fresh concessions (paywall) to the French government to bag its approval, after Siemens and Mitsubishi put forward a cheaper but more complex bid. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock performance was -0.81% in last session and finished the day at $26.82. Traded volume was 26.68million shares … Continue reading Hot Watch List: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A)

Notable Movers: Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN), HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)

Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN) was down 12.75% after reporting a Q1 net loss of $27.7 million, or $1.41 per share, compared with a prior-year net loss of $23.8 million, or $1.22 per share. The prior-year results included a $0.02 gain from discontinued operations. Analysts polled by Capital IQ were looking for a loss of $0.35 per share. Total revenue slid 16% to $191.2 million, missing … Continue reading Notable Movers: Layne Christensen Company (NASDAQ:LAYN), HSBC Holdings (NYSE:HSBC), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)

Financial stocks to Watch: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup (NYSE:C)

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing in tandem with Greek partner banks a further EUR 200 million worth of SME support for growth and employment in Greece. These funds, of which EUR 150 million is going to the National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) and EUR 50 millionto Alpha Bank, are intended to finance projects promoted by small and medium-sized companies in the fields … Continue reading Financial stocks to Watch: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET), American International Group (NYSE:AIG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup (NYSE:C)

Banking Stocks: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), HSBC (NYSE:HSBC), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,895,084 shares, a growth of 78.2% from the April 30th total of 8,360,672 shares, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,902,571 … Continue reading Banking Stocks: National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), HSBC (NYSE:HSBC), Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET)

Investor’s Alert: Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)

Barclays Plc (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) has been fined 26 million pounds ($43.8 million) for failures in internal controls that allowed a trader to manipulate the setting of gold prices, just a day after the bank was fined for rigging Libor interest rates in 2012. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) stock performance was -0.37% in last session and finished the day at $16.37. Traded volume was 1.61million shares … Continue reading Investor’s Alert: Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS), Credit Suisse Group (NYSE:CS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)

Notable Stocks: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS)

Equities researchers at Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) from $240.00 to $175.00 in a research report issued on Monday, Analyst Ratings News reports. Stifel Nicolaus’ price target would suggest a potential upside of 18.51% from the company’s current price. LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD) stock performance was -1.43% in last session and finished the day at $145.56. Traded volume was … Continue reading Notable Stocks: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Endo International PLC (NASDAQ:ENDP), National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS)